3/19/2009 @ 2:00PM

In Depth: America's Downsized Cities

5. Dayton, Ohio

2008 Population: 836,544

2007-2008 Change: -0.3%

2000-2007 Change: -1.5%

On Dec. 23, 2008, one of the Dayton metro’s biggest employers–General Motors–shut down its plant in the area, displacing over a thousand workers who were either directly employed by GM or by a company for which GM was its only customer.